Gradford
Gradford v. United States District Court Eastern District of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
8 WILLIAM J. GRADFORD, Case No. 1:21-cv-01596-DAD-SKO 9 Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
REQUEST TO REOPEN THE CASE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF (Doc. 16) CALIFORNIA,
Defendant. /
14 William J. Gradford (“Plaintiff”), a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed 15 this action against the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, on November 1, 16 2021. (Doc. 1.) 17 On January 3, 2022, Plaintiff, in response to the Court’s findings and recommendation that 18 his complaint be dismissed without leave to amend (Doc. 11), filed a document titled “Objections 19 to Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations” in which he made a “request for voluntarily 20 [sic] dismissal” without prejudice. (Doc. 13.) On January 6, 2022, the Court closed the case in light 21 of the voluntary dismissal pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1). (Doc. 14.) 22 On September 8, 2022, Plaintiff filed a document titled “Newly Discovered…